9.   Certain Provisions of Law not Applicable to Gestational Carrier Agreements.

    a.   A gestational carrier agreement shall not be considered:
 
   (1)   An adoption pursuant to Title 9 of the Revised Statutes; or
 
   (2)   A surrender of custody or termination of parental rights to the child by the gestational carrier in violation of the requirements of Title 9 of the Revised Statutes.
 
    b.   The payment of reasonable expenses in connection with a valid gestational carrier agreement shall not constitute a violation of section 18 of P.L.1993, c.345 (C.9:3-39.1).
 
   L.2018, c.18, s.9.